President of Syria

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head of state office political office

The President of Syria is the country’s head of state and holds extensive executive authority over the Syrian government and armed forces.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
President of Syria canonical 18
Syrian presidency 3
Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Armed Forces 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
appointedBy popular election (post-2012 constitution, formally) ⓘ
popular referendum (historically) ⓘ
commanderInChiefOf Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian constitution of 1973

Constitution of Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian constitution of 2012
country Syria ⓘ
currentHolder Bashar al-Assad ⓘ
currentHolderStartTime 17 July 2000 ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement Muslim religion (under certain constitutional versions) ⓘ
Syrian citizenship ⓘ
Syrian parentage (under certain constitutional versions) ⓘ
minimum age requirement (specified in constitution) ⓘ
firstHolder Shukri al-Quwatli ⓘ
flag Standard of the President of Syria ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Syria ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
hasExecutiveAuthorityOver Syrian government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Syrian territory ⓘ
hasPower appoint Council of Ministers ⓘ
appoint Prime Minister of Syria ⓘ
conclude treaties ⓘ
declare war ⓘ
dismiss Prime Minister of Syria ⓘ
dismiss ministers ⓘ
grant amnesty ⓘ
issue decrees ⓘ
promulgate laws ⓘ
serve as supreme commander of the armed forces ⓘ
veto legislation (with limitations depending on constitution) ⓘ
headOfStateOf Syria ⓘ
isMemberOf National Progressive Front (through ruling party, in many periods) ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Syria ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Damascus Governorate ⓘ
nominatedBy Ba'ath Party ⓘ
surface form: Ba'ath Party (de facto, in many periods)
officeCreated 17 April 1946 ⓘ
officeHolderRole President ⓘ
officeType executive ⓘ
partOf political system of Syria ⓘ
relatedPosition Prime Minister of Syria ⓘ
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria ⓘ
residence Presidential Palace, Damascus ⓘ
seat Damascus ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Syria ⓘ
termLength 7 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Damascus → isSeatOf → President of Syria ⓘ
Bashar al-Assad → positionHeld → President of Syria ⓘ
Bashar al-Assad → positionHeld → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Armed Forces
Syrian Arab Army → commanderInChief → President of Syria ⓘ
Syrian government → leaderTitle → President of Syria ⓘ
Hundred Days War → commandedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian President Hafez al-Assad (overall Syrian leadership)
Corrective Movement coup of November 1970 → positionHeldByLeaderAfterEvent → President of Syria ⓘ
Syrian security and intelligence apparatus → loyalTo → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian presidency
Bassel al-Assad → heirApparentTo → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Syria
Coat of arms of Syria → usedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
Presidential Palace, Damascus → usedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
Presidential Palace, Damascus → associatedWith → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian presidency
2000 Syrian presidential election → officeContested → President of Syria ⓘ
2000 Syrian presidential election → position → President of Syria ⓘ
Constitution of Syria → establishes → President of Syria ⓘ
2007 Syrian presidential election → officeContested → President of Syria ⓘ
Prime Minister of Syria → appointedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
Prime Minister of Syria → reportsTo → President of Syria ⓘ
Prime Minister of Syria → canBeRemovedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
al-Assad → associatedWithOffice → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Armed Forces
Syrian Armed Forces → subordinateTo → President of Syria ⓘ
Shukri al-Quwatli → positionHeld → President of Syria ⓘ
National Progressive Front (through ruling party, in many periods) → hasChairperson → President of Syria ⓘ
subject surface form: National Progressive Front (Syria)
this entity surface form: President of Syria (ex officio, in many periods)
National Progressive Front (through ruling party, in many periods) → relatedTo → President of Syria ⓘ
subject surface form: National Progressive Front (Syria)
Standard of the President of Syria → usedBy → President of Syria ⓘ
Standard of the President of Syria → associatedWith → President of Syria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian presidency